Printing mechanism.



W. WRIGHT.

PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.II. 1915.

l ,1 83,3355). Patented May 16, 1916.

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ethane 1y W. WRIGHT.

PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FlLED Auc.11, 1915.

1,183,333. Patented May16,1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER WRIGHT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 ADDRESSOGRAPH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PRINTING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented May 16, 1916.

Substitute for application Serial No. 289,785,111 December 1, 1905. Renewed March 23, 1909, Serial No. 485,232. This application filed August 11, 1915. Serial No. 45,041.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, \VALTER IVRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new an useful Improvements in Printing Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in printing mechanism, and especially to that class of mechanism used for printing manifold copies resembling typewritten matter, the object of the invention being to provide an apparatus of this character which will print such copies with With this main object in view, the principal improvements are to provide means for feeding the sheets of paper on to the bed in both directions of reciprocation thereof.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the apparatus, certain parts being shown in side elevation; Fig. 2 is a side view of the apparatus; Fig. 3 is a broken plan view of the lower portion of the apparatus; Fig. 1 is a detail sectional view of the side of a paper box; Fig. 5 is a broken plan view of the end of a guide roller; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the whole apparatus; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the feed box being removed; Fig. 8 is a broken end elevation of the same; Fig. 9 is a sectional view of one of the boxes for the cylinder; Fig. 10 is a plan view of the end of one of the ribbon feed shafts; and Fig. 11 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a frame on which the apparatus is mounted, the bed 2 moving on ball bearings 3 in grooves l in the top of the frame. In said bed 2 is contained the chase 5 with the type surface 6. To reciprocate said bed there is provided a transverse shaft 7 rotated by the a usual crank handle. not shown. which shaft 7 has secured thereon. adjacent to each side of the frame, a wheel 8 having two segment gears 9, ll), of which the segment gear 9 is substantially a semi-cin-ular gear and of smaller radius while thrsegment gear 10 is slightly less than a semi-circular gear but of larger radius. The gear 10 meshes direct with a rack ll secured underneath the corresponding side of the bed, while the gear 9 meshes with a pinion 12 mounted upon a transverse shaft said pinion itself great rapidity.

engaging said rack. IVith this mechanism there is produced from the continuous rotary motion of the shaft a reciprocating motion of thebed, for, as the end of the segment car 10 passes. the vertical plane througi the shaft 7 and travels out of mesh with the rack 11, the semi-circular gear 9 travels into mesh with the pinion 12 causing said pinion to revolve in the opposite direction to that in which it had been just revolving, and impartin a backward movement to the rack 11. hen the rear end of the semi-circular gear 9 passes away from the pinion 12, the advancing end of the segment gear 10 comes into mesh with the rack 11 causing it and the pinion 12 to travel in the opposite direction. This contrivance enables the apparatus to be operated at great speed.

For the purpose of obtaining rapidity of printing with this class of devices, there is provided mechanism for feeding and printing sheets during each movement of reciprocation of the bed. For this purpose on each side of the center of the machine is a feed frame 14 extending obliquely upward and outward from a point near the center, in which frame is placed a box '15 having its ends 17 oblique to the back 18, said box containing t e pile of sheets to be delivered from that side to the printing mechanism. The sides of the frame 14 have lips or flanges 19 bent inward over the edge of the box to hold the sheets in the box. Vithin the box is a false bottom 20 which has pins 21 extending through slots 22 in the sides of the box and is drawn forward to the front of the frame by springs 23. This construction insures that the uppermost sheet of the pile is always pressed against a roller 24 carried upon a shaft 25, the end of said shaft having a small gear 26 meshing with an internal segment rack 27, carried u on the end of a lever 28 pivoted on the eed frame 14 at 29 and having a downwardly extending finger 30. Said racks for the two feed frames are on opposite sides of the machine, and the corresponding downwardly extending finger 30 is adapted to be engaged by a post 31 on the same side of the machine. Supposing that the bed in Fig. 1 is moving from left to ri ht, said post 31 impinges upon the finger 0 and causes the lever 28to oscillate, and thereby to impart a hit-hnni'led rotary motion to the feed roller 2+ on the. right 111119115 the undernide of m d l'eed roller, which is in 1,-oni'11vt with the uppermost blitkt o1 paper, to move upward, 1.1111! drawing the hive; edge oi Sillti heet 11hove the upper edge o'i' :1 rim or lip 3Z5 hent upward from the hottoin ot' the 512 1111: ll. ,ts the linger thus rocked by the 111111 1110111: 111 the 1.11%. it is mused to ee11- tiiet with :1 lfflflhdii'hllff extending p1i11; 3%, and then to (11ll1})l'(-i :hlltl wring. no that, 11:1 ;-,oo11 115 the. post eavzipes from the finger, the eprine; thrmvs the finger inn-it nliglltl t' but sul hrientl v fur to he engaged h \f the post upon its return niovenlent. Now when the post returns it inniinges nguimt the other side oi the finger. 1-1111si11gthe lever 28 to roeh in the opposite direetion, nndinr parting 11 right handed rotary motion to the roller, e11111 i11g1 the sheet of paper. which always pressed against said roller 24 by the spring 23. to desrreiid and pass over the ip 33 and then hetween the evlinder :17 11nd 11 guide roller 35, The sheet of paper then passes over the rihhon ii) and between 11id ribbon and the cylinder 37, 11nd into the hite of the 1- li111ler 11nd l1e1l and. in th 1nove111e11t ol' the hed. is 1:111'1'ie1l therewith. the evlinder heing' tree (not geared to the hed) and rotated in the pvesmre imparted through the paper. 5111 11 e vlinder 37. or roller, i of 111;1ll dinineter 11 that its eirtsince traveled hv the reeiproenting bed. It therefore 111:1l\'1 more than 11 single revolution in 11111l i1"1; the impression 11nd at the 5111111: time provides for elose juxtaposition of the paper feeding nlenns to the line of innireasion. Said rihhon :11) iswvound upon two roller 1U 1'11'11ied upon the ends of the bed and is wound up upon one of 111id roll era and wound oil from the other hy the followi 1g 111e(-l11111i ;111. Upon the nhnl't ll of the winding roller in li 1l1ll1l V mounted, but ke ed thereon. 11 eh v n 11L 12 11 erovvn rntrhet \vheel -l-i. xvhh-hi 111i11pted to engage :1 similar \vheel ii extending: from the ide of 11 gear wheel 5. Said 110111' wheel 4-5 en gages 11 short r111-h l at the end of the fr11111e, 11nd tl'wreh at the 1 1111. of any n1o-;e111e1:t of the hed the your wheel 15 is turned. 11nd the 1'1011'11 rut-hot wheel 44 neured to said e xir Wheel, opernl'ively engaging the 1-1o\v11 1110-1111 wheel 43 on the shaft 41. iinpnrts rotniion to 11id shaft. hut. upon the return 111 1e1111z111 when the 151 111" wheel {.7 turmul in [he oppodte (lllOttiUIl. Filitl ratchet teeth tl litlit 1 111:11 other. Hitlt't, the, movable rutnlH-t wheel i3 is pres ed ag11i11 t the ratchet wheel alil1 v 11 very light eoiled #pring -17, easily "HllPlOfifaHl. so that the ratchet teeth 1-1111 easily slip pzwt e11r-h other. By this means 11 '-'li;' 5ht windin; movement is given to the ihhon 11t eztch complete re eil'irocation. After the rihhon has heen fully the i'H-Zk other 1110i; rowed 1111 11115 oi 11 1111111111 upon I 1 111 iii t 111115 11111111- the iilgtr 11 the pnp r. 11 hi h eitends hevond the i1h- ,o'tl1erihhoit i 1 gthe 'ehy l'iliH" the: ifill il 11nd guide if letowrh Jl. 51f. hziving irznmgs i1: in

1e111li1 Ji'ro1n the feed Home. 'lne lunviion 1ithese roller: i. to 111111111111 the dimhuugo noveinent ot' the printed 111111131, F111; 11ithough the pressure hetneen the vli11de1' 11nd l)l(l will teed the print d pnper for ward hetween ,snid roller- 11. 11 pnrt of its length vet. when the 11 end of the sheet of pnper 1111'i\e 111 the liottoni of the i'fylinder 57 wiid paper will fed forward lh rehv l11-1\\'1--1; 11111! the return 111o\e111e11t ol' 1h;- 11rd 111'r v the paper hurl; :rgnin, I'1' 1 11: 1111 1111 1 providwl to! avoiding mid 1111 '1 il 1111111 nient. ii is for !hi pnrpwr 111111 1,111 211 F11, 1111 providml. for the iwfiii roiler shn'i t eurries 11 gear v-heel Til loosely mount ed thereon in prewiselv the M11111 1111111111-1' 11 the gear \vheel l3 \1111' mounted upon the winding shn'i't 11.11111] h:1\l1111 11 i111ii111e1111- ner-tion with 11i11 hnlt 11 1111-11115 ot' rroivn ratchet Wheels 571. 111 so that in the forward movement of the hed and melt the 11111111111 of the 1:111' Wheel doe- 1ot inlpnrt 11111 11-11 1- \v11rd movement to the roller 1L 1111 nieount of the ratchet teeth slipping past ein'h other, \vherens innnedintelv thnt the lied hegins to return 11nd motion is i111p111'ted to the 111 Wheel $14 of the roller Ill. 5111, on the left hand side in 11 left handed direi'tion the shaft of the roller 51 1. eorrexpondiiug'lv revolved hy l'tilhflll of the rntehet teeth oper- 11ti'vel v engaging ezuh other 11111! ther by the forward 111ove111e11t ot' thesheet of paper is continued. The fillfzirh of the roller 71]. is prefernhly 11111110 uhsorhent nmterinl, \vhieh prevents the in hiid upon the paper from hei11g 11nenred in lhw iiifl het' -een said rollers. Froln mid rolh-m I11 3" the runner passe from between two guides T. wrw to prevent the paper tolling" upon the inhin; IOlltl'. there guides the eheel ol' paper is disehnrged on to the pile oi printed sheets.

in order to insure 1111 11eu1'11te teed ol' tho sheets of paper hetween the r vlinde1 and the feed rollers. while at he mine time providin; for the prop r preswnie noon the sheet in passing n tween the evhnder mad the inking; rihh in 1 11- 'H'ii? 111 the :hnl't 11 the cylinder 37 have their bearings in blocks 59 shdable in vertical guides 60, pressed upward by springs 61 and adjustably depressed by screws 62. These screws serve to old down the cylinder upon the inking ribbon. In recesses 63 in the sides of the blocks 59 are mounted the bearings 64 for the shafts of the guide rollers 38, said bearings being pressed outward by springs 65 and adjustably pressed inward by screws 66. The; sides of the guides are slotted as shown at 67 to permit said screws to pass the'rethrough.

I claim:

1. In a printing apparatus, the combination, with the reciprocating bed, of a frame extending upward and outward at each side of the center of motion of the bed, means for supporting the pile of sheets in each frame, and means operated by the motion in opposite directions of the bed for feeding the uppermost sheet of each pile alternately to the bed, substantially as described.

2. In a printing apparatus, the combination, with the reciprocating bed, of a frame extending upward and outward at each side of the center of motion of the bed, a cylinder above the center of the bed, means for supporting the pile of sheets in each frame,

and means operated by the motion in opposite directions of the bed for feeding the uppermost sheet of each pile between the cylinder and the bed, alternately to the bed, substantially as described.

3. In a printing apparatus, the combination, with the reclprocating bed, of a frame extending upward and outward at each side of the center of motion of the bed, and comprising a rim or lip for supporting, a pile of sheets, and means for raising the upper most sheet above said rim or lip in our movement of the bed and moving it down past said rim or lip in the opposite movemeat, substantially as described.

4. In a printing apparatus, the combination, with the reciprocating bed, of a frame-ex-tending upward and outward at each side of the center of motion of the bed, means for supporting the pile of sheets in each frame, a roller over each frame, springs for pressing the uppermost sheet against the rollers, and means for rocking each roller correspondingly with the reciprocating movement of the bed, substantially as described.

In a printing apparatus, the combination, with the reciprocating bed, of a frame extending upward and outward at each side of the center of motion of the bed, means for supporting the pile of sheets in each frame, a roller over each frame, springs for pressing the uppermost sheet against the rollers, a rim or lip for retaining the loweredge of the uppermost sheet, the motion of the roller first raising said sheet above said rim, and then moving it down over the same. and means for rocking each roller correspondingly with the reciprocating movement of the bed, substantially as described.

6. In a printing apparatus, the combination, with the reciprocating bed, of a frame extending upward and outward at each side of the center of motion of the bed, means for supporting the pile of sheets in each frame. a roller over each frame, springs for pressing the uppermost sheet against the rollers, and means for rocking each roller correspondingly with the reciprocating movement of the bed, said means comprising a post carried by the bed, and a rocking lever rocked by said post and operatively connected with the roller, substantially as described.

7. In a printing apparatus, the combination, with the reciprocating bed, of a cylinder thereover, means for feeding a sheet of paper between said bed and cylinder, rollers between which the sheet of paper is guided, and a direct connection between the bed and said rollers for rotating said rollers by the movement of the bed, operative in one direction of said movement, and in operative in the other direction, substantially as described.

8. In a printing apparatus, the combination of a bed, a cylinder thereover, a feeding device at each side of the cylinder for feeding the sheets between said bed and cylinder, and rollers between which sheets of paper so fed alternately in opposite directions are guided, said rollers being revol ved by said movement of the bed in one direction, but not revolved thereby in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

9. The combination with a reciprocating bed and an impression cylinder, of a frame on each side of the impression cylinder and extending obliquely upwardly and outwardly therefrom. a sheet-containing box for each frame, nibs or flanges 19 to hold the sheets in each box, a false bottom in each box, springs to draw the false bottoms forward, rollers against which the sheets are pressed by said springs. means connected to said bed to turn said rollers, and means coiiperating with said rollers to feed the sheets to the bite, of the cylinder and bed.

10. The combination with a reciprocating bed and an impression cylinder. of a frame on each side of the impression cylinder and extending obliquely upwardly and outwardly therefrom. a sheet-containing box for each frame. nibs or flanges 19 to hold the sheets in each box, a false bottom in each box, springs to draw the false bottoms forward, rollers against which the sheets are pressed by said springs, pinions on said roll ers, gears meshing with said pinions and carnan? mum? 1m Qps 211i tum of Pen-h I m:

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1 n rim-L iwnw iv:- Hw dwell Uw i?" Ma -PL im 'm printing imiizltiun the line of printing engagement between the bed and the impression roller, a pressure roller engaging the topmost sheet in said paper magazine, means for oscillating said roller to release and deliver said sheet into frictional contact with the surface of said impression roller, and means for discharging the printed sheet.

21. In a machine for printing imitation typewritten matter, the combination of a ribbon-covered bed, an impression roller coacting therewith and having a circumference less than the length of said bed,'a paper magazine having its delivery end pointed into.

the angle between the roller and bed, automatic means, including a pressure roller, on the magazine for directing the paper into frictional contact with the surface of said impression roller, and means for lifting the printed end of the sheet preparatory to its removal from the machine.

22. In a machine for printing imitation typewritten matter, the combination with a type-surfaced ribbon-covered bed, of an impression roller coacting therewith, a frame extending upward at each side of the'roller, means for supporting a pile of sheets in each frame, and means operated by the relative motion between the bed and roller for feeding the uppermost sheet of each pile alternately to the bed.

23.-A machine for printing imitation typewritten matter, comprising two coacting relatively reciprocating members, one an impression roller and the other a type-surfaced bed, meansfor automatically feeding sheets of paper into the angle between said roller and bed, and means for raising one end of the sheetpreparatory to the discharge of the same from the machine.

24. The combination of a bed, an impression roller making more than a complete revolution on cooperation with the bed, means in fixed relation to the roller for supporting a plurality of sheets of paper and placing them, one after another, automatically on the bed, and operating means independent of the impression roller for removing the paper from the bed.

25. In a printing mechanism, the combination of a bed adapted to carry .a page form of type surface, means for holding an inking ribbon in contact with such form, an impression roller, means for moving the bed back and forth beneath the roller, and means independent of the roller for automatically removing from the bed the paperlaid there on on each reciprocation thereof.

26. The combination of a bed, a platen, means for automatically feeding paper be tween the bed and platen, means for auto-.

matically raising one end of a sheet of paper which is thus placed on the bed, said raising being at the opposite end of the bed from the platen and coming after that portion of the sheet has been printed by the bed and platen, and mechanism adapted to grasp such raised end and withdraw the sheet.

WALTER WRIGHT. 

